How to separate 2-channels from mixer to soundcard

[mindwave_21]

Hey all! I've got a Yamaha MG12/4 mixer hooked up with a TRS cable to my soundblaster AUDIGY (the original one, not Audigy2) line-in. The cable is plugged to the group out jack from the mixer, and I set the 2 channels I wanted into the specified group.
Ok, here's my problem. I'm trying to record my voice and guitar as separate tracks in Kristal so I can have some ability to condition each track separately. As an experiment, I panned voice to the Left and Guitar to the right using the panning controls on the mixer for each respective channel. Then, I selected "ASIO input L" for the first track in Kristal, and "ASIO input R". However, All I got was sound from the left channel, and nothing from the right channel. Then I noticed I there was a "to STR" button on the mixer, so I tried pushing that and making the 2 channels stereo to see if that would break the signal into 2 separate outputs.

After fiddling with these things, I could not separate the channels, so I had to use the mixer as a (what do you know!) mixer. Is there a way to separate the channels for recording on my soundcard? Any and all help is appreciated.

PS - If I can't get this to work, would I be able to split my channels up through a different soundcard (eg M-AUDIO audiophile)? I might consider buying a new card in the future, but I first want to know if my mixer has the capability to do what I want.

Thanks for all the help!

 

[mattamatta]

I think the problem might be in your cabling... If you're got a trs cable coming out of the mixer, it sounds like you've got just one balanced channel, and not a stereo channel coming out.

Make sure you're hooking up to a stereo out (might be two rca jacks even) and make sure you have that running into the line in on your sound card with a stereo cable of the proper sort to hook up both ends.

 

[mindwave_21]

Thanks Matt. Isn't the TRS a 2-channel cabel though? I thought the tip was for left and ring was for right...plus, do you know what kind of adaptors I need to hook up 2 RCA's to a 1/8" (or 1/4") soundcard jack?

 

[crankz1]

TRS jacks can carry two signals but not in the instance you are using with the MG. What you are using is merely a balanced output (one channel).
However, when you look at one of those little mini-plugs for the soundcard's Line In ... it's a TRS plug that does carry both the left and right signal.
What you can do is ..... get one of these cables and connect from the RCA Record out of the mixer to the 1/8" Line In of the soundcard.